Backcombed bouffants, black body paint, and head-to-toe studded leather. We’d be willing to bet that’s what comes to mind when you think of Black Veil Brides. And we can hardly blame you; when the band made their 2011 major label debut, their vow to ‘Set The World On Fire’ painted them as the next generation’s Mötley Crüe, with many hearing glam metal anthem Fallen Angels and assuming that’s all the band had to offer.
However, the makeup wipes were knocked out well over a decade ago. Since then, the band has carved out a glorious world of intricate and theatrical hard rock and heavy metal, with recent single Certainty drowning in a world of gloriously grisly, macabre melodic metalcore. Armed with fan questions, we sat down with frontman Andy Biersack to address the eyeliner-wearing elephant in the room, discussing decade-old misconceptions, horror punk barber quartets, and Batman.
